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A person with a clear purpose will make progress, even on the roughest road. A person with no purpose will make no progress, even on the smoothest road.

Thomas Carlyle

If you do not wish a man to do a thing, you had better get him to talk about it; for the more men talk, the more likely they are to do nothing else.
THOMAS CARLYLE

Better Man Talk Wasted Yourself
No iron chain, or outward force of any kind, could ever compel the soul of man to believe or to disbelieve: it is his own indefeasible light, that judgment of his; he will reign and believe there by the grace of God alone!
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Believe Force God Grace Himself Judgement Kind Soul
One life; a little gleam of Time between two Eternities; no second chance to us for evermore!
THOMAS CARLYLE

Chance Forever Life Oneself
Work is the grand cure of all the maladies and miseries that ever beset mankind.
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Kind Man Misery Negative Work
You can make even a parrot into a learned political economist – all he must learn are the two words “supply” and “demand.”
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Animal Bird Demand Learning Politics Supply Word Yourself
The world is a thing that a man must learn to despise, and even to neglect, before he can learn to reverence it, and work in it and for it.
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Himself Learning Man Work World
Silence is more eloquent than words.
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One Liner Silence Word
Nothing builds self-esteem and self-confidence like accomplishment.
THOMAS CARLYLE

Accomplishment Build Confidence
The first duty of man is to conquer fear; he must get rid of it, he cannot act till then.
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Act Fear Himself Man
A man protesting against error is on the way towards uniting himself with all men that believe in truth.
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Believe Errors Himself Man Mistake Truth Unity Way
Do not be embarrassed by your mistakes. Nothing can teach us better than our understanding of them. This is one of the best ways of self-education.
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Better Education Mistake Teaching Understand Yourself
A well-written life is almost as rare as a well-spent one.
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Life Oneself Rare Writing
Work is the grand cure of all the maladies and miseries that ever beset mankind.
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Kind Man Misery Negative Work
Weak eyes are fondest of glittering objects.
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Eyes Object Weakness
Speech is silver, silence is golden.
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Gold Silence Talk Worth
Not what you possess but what you do with what you have, determines your true worth.
THOMAS CARLYLE

Determination Material Possession True Worth Yourself

A person with a clear purpose will make progress, even on the roughest road. A person with no purpose will make no progress, even on the smoothest road.

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